Plan a Smarter LinkedIn Marketing Strategy in Eight Crazy Nights

December 24, 2016

It’s a tale as old as time. Alcoholic man finds himself in trouble with the law again. Man gets one last chance at redemption. Man spends holiday season performing community service as an assistant basketball referee while living with an elderly man and his sister.

Okay, so the storyline of Eight Crazy Nights won’t be confused with any of Aesop’s fables. But if nothing else, it does remind us that radical transformations can happen quickly. As long as you start with an objective, place yourself in a productive environment, and supply yourself with the right knowledge, you can accomplish big things in a small amount of time.

Let’s suppose your objective is to accomplish big things by marketing on LinkedIn this year. Great! That’s a worthwhile objective for any B2B marketer, especially when you consider that 80% of B2B marketing leads sourced through social media come from LinkedIn.

What if, in only eight days, you could have a strategic, well thought out plan for identifying and engaging your professional audience this year? Is that doable or crazy? Take a look at the agenda below and judge for yourself.

If you’re feeling extra ambitious, group a few of the action items together and development your team’s LinkedIn marketing plan in a single work week. Give it a theme and go nuts.

Even if your answer is, “whenever we have something worth publishing,” it’s important to document it. An always-on strategy tends to work best.

Crazy night (or day) #7: How will we measure results and improve over time?

What will be measured daily, weekly, monthly? Who is ultimately responsible for campaign data and conversion tracking? What is the process for sharing findings with the team and recommending next steps?

Documenting your answers to these questions and establishing the workflow upfront will provide a foundation for improvement.

Crazy night (or day) #8: Conclude with a team brainstorm

Now that you’ve got a better understanding of how to market on LinkedIn and an action plan specific to your company, wrap your eight-day agenda by exploring additional ways to boost your results.

Here are a few questions to consider during your brainstorm:

How can you tap into the professional context of LinkedIn to capture attention?

How can you use organic and paid efforts to reach the previously unreachable?

How can you capitalize on Company Pages, Showcase Pages, Sponsored Content, LinkedIn Pulse, and SlideShare as part of a fully integrated marketing strategy?

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